As I write this, the military leaders of Myanmar are refusing to allow aid in to help the victims of the cyclone.
Why?
It is a fact that governments cannot function without their people. And people cannot function without government.
But restrictive enough governments can convince their people that outside aid is only there to destroy them. And this is only possible if people decide that their free will is less important than their safety.
Ben Franklin once said that (to paraphrase) "They that can give up their freedom to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety".
Mynamar has given up its freedom. As a result, they are experiencing neither liberty nor safety.
That's what they deserve.
It's what we got during Hurricane Katrina.
And once again humans prove we cannot learn from our mistakes.
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